Recommendations For Agri-PV In Germany
BDEW Wants Special Tender For Agrivoltaic Projects To Help Accelerate Solar Energy Expansion
Monday, 05 Jun 2023
The German association for energy and water management (BDEW) has released a set of 12 recommendations for the government to facilitate the development of agrivoltaic projects, including having a separate tender segment, to help the country speed up .
Statkraft’s Big Renewables Plans For Germany
Norwegian Energy Company To Build 2 GW Wind & Solar Capacity In Germany By 2030
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Norwegian energy company Statkraft has unveiled its German market strategy saying it will target to install 2 GW wind and solar power capacity in the country by 2030, which will include building around 300 MW to 500 MW capacity annually from 2027.
Germany Installed 881 MW Solar In April 2023
Bundesnetzagentur Records Close To 4 GW New PV Deployments In 4M/2023, Including 1 GW+ In March
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
At the close of 4M/2023, Germany had installed over 3.71 GW of new solar PV capacity including 881 MW in April 2023, according to the country’s Federal Network Agency or Bundesnetzagentur that has also revised the numbers for previous months including for March to 1.067 GW now.
Largest Floating Solar Plant In Germany
O&L Nexentury Secures Approval For 15 MW Floating PV Project On Active Gravel Pit In Karlsruhe
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Independent power producer O&L Nexentury Group will develop what it terms will be the largest floating solar PV plant in Germany with 15 MW capacity on a gravel pit lake.
Revised Photovoltaic Strategy
Germany Targets 11 GW Annual Installations For Ground Mounted & Rooftop PV Each From 2026
Tuesday, 09 May 2023
The German Economy and Climate Ministry (BMWK) has come out with a revised Photovoltaic Strategy (PV Strategy) which envisions installation of 11 GW ground mounted PV and 11 GW rooftop PV capacity annually from 2026 onward.
Europe PV News Snippets
Germany’s ‘Largest’ Rooftop Solar System With 9.3 MW Capacity & More From Profine, Sonnedix, Ethical Power
Thursday, 04 May 2023
BLG Logistics and Mercedes-Benz to install Germany’s ‘largest’ solar plant for industrial set up; Profine Energy provides update on Bulgarian floating PV project; Sonnedix & Equinix sign PPA for 150 MW in Spain; Ethical Power building 45 MW for Conrad Energy in the UK.
Germany Installed 944 MW Solar In March 2023
Bundesnetzagentur Counts Germany To Have Deployed Over 2.6 GW Solar PV Capacity In Q1/2023
Friday, 21 Apr 2023
German Federal Network Agency or Bundesnetzagentur says the country installed 944 MW of new solar PV capacity in March 2023, which adds to the revised monthly installations for the initial 2 months of the year to take Germany’s total installed PV in Q1/2023 to over 2.65 GW.
Fraunhofer ISE’s Solar Researchers Win Award
Werner Siemens Foundation Picks German Solar Energy Scientists From Fraunhofer Solar Energy Systems Institute For CHF 1 Million Research Prize
Thursday, 20 Apr 2023
German solar R&D institute Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE says its 2 solar researchers, Prof Dr Andreas Bett and Dr Frank Dimroth, have been selected by the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) to develop detailed concepts for highly efficient solar energy systems.
SMA Doubling Inverter Production Capacity
German Solar Inverter Manufacturer Breaks Ground On Site For 20 GW Additional Capacity
Thursday, 20 Apr 2023
Germany headquartered global supplier of solar PV inverters, SMA Solar Technology is doubling its annual production capacity by an additional 20 GW with a new Gigawatt Factory in Germany which will take its annual capacity to 40 GW when the fab comes.
Europe PV News Snippets
Ripple Energy Announces Britain’s ‘1st’ Shared Solar Park In Devon & More From OX2, Greenvolt
Tuesday, 18 Apr 2023
Ripple Energy to build Britain’s 1st shared solar farm; OX2 acquires 475 MW solar in Finland; Greenvolt says its subsidiary MaxSolar has won 100 MW PV capacity in Germany’s 1st large scale PV auction of the year.
Germany Announces Oversubscribed PV Auction
Bundesnetzagentur’s Solar Tender Attracts Over 2 GW Bids, 1st Oversubscription Since June 2022
Thursday, 13 Apr 2023
Germany’s March 1, 2023 ground mounted solar PV auction round with 1.95 GW capacity offered attracted 2.869 GW in response which national regulator Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) says is the 1st oversubscription for any of its auctions since June 2022.
Demand For ‘Sun Package’ In Germany
Parliamentary Group Recommends Measures, Including Simplifying Bureaucratic Regulations, To Boost Solar
Tuesday, 04 Apr 2023
The parliamentary group in German Parliament Bundestag, comprising both CDU and CSU parties, has proposed the latter to clear what is terms a ‘Sun Package’ through which regulatory and permitting processes can be simplified for faster expansion of solar power capacity in the country.
E.ON Study Bats For Rooftop Solar In Germany
All New Roofs Built in Germany Over Next 15 Years Equipped With Rooftop Solar Can Generate 77 TWh
Monday, 03 Apr 2023
Over the next 15 years, if every single-family, semi-detached and terraced house built in Germany is equipped with a rooftop PV system, the country can count on a total of 77 TWh of green electricity to be generated in this period, according to a stu.
Germany Increases Innovation Tender Tariffs
Bundesnetzagentur Invites Bids For 400 MW Innovative Projects, Capping Tariffs At €0.0918/kWh
Wednesday, 29 Mar 2023
German Federal Network Agency or Bundesnetzagentur has opened a new tender for 400 MW innovative projects inviting bids for solar, wind, biomass, storage, geothermal and hydroelectric power plants, capping tariffs at €0.0918/kWh which is an increase of 25% over the previous tender.
Germany’s Feasibility Study For PV Manufacturing
VDMA, RCT Solutions & ISC Konstanz Join BMWK’s Libertas Study To Explore Re-Establishing Solar Supply Chain In Germany
Wednesday, 29 Mar 2023
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) has formed a consortium of German mechanical engineering industry association VDMA, solar factory developer RCT Solutions GmbH and research institution ISC Konstanz to conduct.
Germany Deployed 746 MW Solar In February 2023
Germany’s Cumulative Installed Solar PV Capacity Nearing 70 GW With 746 MW Added In February 2023; Bundesnetzagentur Adjusts January Numbers
Friday, 24 Mar 2023
In the initial 2 months of 2023, Germany has installed as much as 1.62 GW new solar PV capacity with 746 MW added in February 2023, according to Bundesnetzagentur or the Federal Network Agency that has now updated January deployments to 874 MW previo.
Lightsource BP Expands Footprint To Europe’s Largest Market
Lightsource BP Launches Itself In Europe’s Star Solar Market Germany With Target To Install Up To 400 MW PV Capacity Annually By 2030
Thursday, 16 Mar 2023
One of Europe’s leading solar PV developers, Lightsource bp has forayed into the German solar market with an annual target to install between 300 MW to 400 MW new solar capacity annually by 2030, and says it is building its development pipeline to multi-GW scale.
RE Companies Drag German Government To Court
LichtBlick Leads 25 Solar, Wind & Biomass Generators File Legal Complaint Against Skimming Off Of Proceeds; Demand Immediate End To Diktat
Wednesday, 15 Mar 2023
Calling the decision to skim off proceeds from their revenues in the name of financing relief from high energy prices for households and companies a ‘wrong instrument’, German energy service provider LichtBlick along with 25 other solar, wind and.
Germany Invites Public Consultation For PV Strategy
BSW Welcomes Germany Official Draft PV Strategy To Install 215 GW Solar By 2030; Demands Accompanying Industrial Strategy Next
Wednesday, 15 Mar 2023
At the recently concluded 1st PV Summit in Germany, organized by the German Economy and Climate Ministry (BMWK), the government unveiled a formal draft PV Strategy to reach the 215 GW cumulative installed solar capacity in the country by 2030.
Boris Farnung Moves To German Rooftop PV Company
Former Fraunhofer ISE PV Power Plants Head Boris Farnung Now Heads Business Development For Germany’s Centroplan GmbH
Tuesday, 07 Mar 2023
Once the Head of Group PV Power Plants for Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE, Boris Farnung has now joined German rooftop solar PV company Centroplan GmbH as its chief business development officer from March 2023.
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